Two-Minute Hates

This article about the Supreme Court decision in favor of Hobby Lobby is interesting. It quotes another article by Megan McArdle. In *that* article, McArdle makes the suggestion "that the Left and the Right “misunderstood each other so profoundly — and continue to do so even after all the screaming.” I agree with the author of the first cited article when he writes, "That’s not even remotely true: I (and most of the rest of the Right) understood the Left’s position on the case from the beginning. I just rejected it, because it was stupid; simplistic; and frankly designed to produce Two-Minute Hates on cue."

There! That's the phrase for politics in America 2014: "Two-Minute Hates".

The article goes on to quote McArdle's article, which includes this text:

Still, Megan’s article is in itself of interest:
"…while the religious right views religion as a fundamental, and indeed essential, part of the human experience, the secular left views it as something more like a hobby, so for them it’s as if a major administrative rule was struck down because it unduly burdened model-train enthusiasts. That emotional disconnect makes it hard for the two sides to even debate; the emotional tenor quickly spirals into hysteria as one side says “Sacred!” and the other side says, essentially, “Seriously? Model trains?”"

And, if that's really true, if someone can put religion on the same pedestal, the same level, as a hobby, they do not understand faith in God.